New Year in Portugal is welcomed with a midnight party - either at home with family and friends or gathering at a pub or club. New Year festivity in Portugal is marked by cheering, whistling, kissing and lavish drinking bashes.
But amidst great revelry and hedonism many Portuguese people still honor and observe the various New Year traditions that have been handed down to them by their early ancestors. Most of the New Year Traditions in Portugal are meant to usher in good luck and fortune to the mass. Share some astounding New Year Traditions in Portugal with 123newyear
Remarkable among the various New Year traditions in Portugal is the custom of having twelve grapes on the New Years Eve midnight. Portuguese pick and eat twelve grapes from a bunch as the clock strikes twelve on New Year's Eve. It is believed that this custom would ensure twelve happy months for the coming year.
In northern Portugal there goes a tradition where children are found visiting one house to the other singing carols. The children in turn receive treats and coins. The children in Portugal on New Year usually sing Janeiro's or old songs. This custom is believed to bring good luck to the Portuguese people on New Year.
Noisemaking and fireworks on New Year's Eve is believed to have originated in ancient times, when noise and fire were thought to curtail evil spirits and bring good luck. Kissing the beloved in midnight New Years Eve parties is a very common tradition. It is practiced not only to share the New Year moment with the love but also to ensure that the love and affection remains steadfast all through the year.
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